Monthly Archives: 09/2008

Over the years, it has been the “Theatre of Dreams” of Hong Kong racing, the home of countless racehorses and riders who have gone on to become legends in the international racing world. Starting tomorrow, the Club will begin a programme of celebrations for the 30th anniversary of this world-class sporting venue – Sha Tin Racecourse.Although…

Over the years, the Club has been dedicated to supporting different community programmes that can meet Hong Kong's evolving social needs.  But we always aim to keep doing more, and yesterday the Club's Charities Division announced a series of new projects for the coming year, with a focus on arousing public awareness of heritage conservation…

I'm sure you're all very much aware of the recent volatility in global financial markets.  It is becoming clear now that the current market uncertainty and gloomy sentiment is likely to continue for a considerable period of time, and inevitably that will have a knock-on effect on many different sectors of the community in the…

The new racing season got off to an encouraging and successful start on Monday as more than 46,000 people came along to join our curtain raiser at Sha Tin, while the turnover of HK$827 million was the highest opening day figure for the past five years. I'm delighted to see so many racing fans showing their…

A year ago, at the start of the 2007/08 season, I created this web blog as a way of establishing a new channel of communication with our racing fans. I'm really delighted to have received so much valuable feedback from you since then – my heartfelt thanks! So this coming season, I will continue to share my…